, 1887-05-05
LOCAL JorTINas.


LOCAL JOTTIN0s.
yssn Friday's Daily.
A sllRht shower cooled Off the
heated atmosphere last evening.
The spriLg fever Is late breaking
ont this year, but the symptoms
were developing yesterday.
Manufacturers will be ready tC
deliver brick about the middle Oi
next month aud then Rome will
howl.
One day OF sunshine and the dust
IL heavy on the streets. The sprink'
Ter will have to come In early this
season.
The local ball club is sighlng f0r
new fields 70 conquer and Will con-
slider challenges from any part OF the
country.
The time has arrived for that mild
and indolent dissipation known as
the picnic, and the crop will proba-
bly, Be az heavy as usual this season.
There is no move to send team
from the flre department OF this city
to the Vancouver tournament which
takes place during the month OF
June.
The May term of the county COM
missioners will be held next week.
The court house will probably be
near enough finished for the board
20 meet In that edifice.
April closes up Its accounts to-
morrow, and looking back over the
record Il Is hard to discover where
the month has anything 10 brag Of
In the way of weather.
A large crew of men arc engaged
working on the mile track on the
new fair grounds. The c0ntract-
ors propose to build one OF the best
tracks In the territory.
There was q strata OF summer In
the atmosphere yesterday. IL was
about the only day 80 far during the
new year that q man could shed his
coat without danger OF catching cold.
A lively skrimmage between two
Riverside avenue aroused the neigh
er Of the combatants was very So
verely injured.
The chief engineer of the Are de-
partment warns all parties that any
one caught removing fire ladders
from either hose house will be pros
ecuted, and the law In regard to the
same IL very strict.
The WashintOn and Idaho Fair
association proposes to Join the Mon
tana circuit, which will bring TO this
city some Of the best horses In the
country. These races will attract
hOrsemen for hundreds of miles
around and will be great feature OF
the annual fairs of the association.
It turns out that B. II. Bennett,
cashier OF the Bank of Spokane Falls,
10 the gentleman who has purchased
Mr.. Lsishier's interest In the Arling-
ton hotel. Mr.. Bennett has made q
wise Investment and one that will
give him ample returns on the
money. May the Arlington CON-
tinue TO flourish epder the new firm.
Surrounding towns not near as
large as Spokane Falls. are enjoying
dramatical and 0peratic entertain
ments by some of the best companies
on the road, while the people here
are debarred from any such pleas
ures. The man who will build an
opera house is the individual that
6pokanitea are anxious to take by
the hand and welcome.
Yesterday afternoon q drunken
man picked fight with a plasterer
engaged at work ON Mill street and
received q severe humping In con-
sequence. The vanquished Is to
have the victor arrested for assault,
and the victor has sworn out the
same kind OF papers against his an
tagopist. The complication will be
settled before the justice Of the
peace to-day.
The Arlington livery stables, on
East Riverside avenue, formerly
owned by Shinn & Havermale, have
recently come into the possession Of
Messrs. McFee & Davis, two ex-
perienced livery men, who propose
to keep first.class establishment In
all of it's appointments. The firm has
q flne lot OF safe and reliable buggy
teams and saddle horses. and the
stable Is well stocked with hand
some turnouts. II you want to take
spin call on McFee & Davis for a
rig.
Yesterday ]. N. Gilbranson sold
his elegant home in Brownies addi-
ton to Jas. F. Wardner, through H.
Bolster & Co. The house is one OF
the best built structures in the city.
Mr.. Gilbranson brought the material
out from Minneapolis and personally
superintended the construction. 1t
is q large and handsome building,
heated by a furnace, with hot and
cold water throughout. The land
consists of 100 feet frontage on
Pacific avenue, with a depth of 800
feet, running back to Occur d'Alene
Park. The property is one Of the
best anywhere about town. The
consideration was $500.
Work It UP.
Last year the Fourth of July was